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ABOUT THE PIECE:
Dunces are obedience school dropouts, rule-breakers with attitude and individuality. CopyCat’s a cheat, Fib’s a liar, Ditch always misses class, Re-tardy is always late, and Goody2Shoes is a tattletale. The Dunces represent the annoying (or heroic) kids of our childhood.

CONDITION REPORT:
The Circular base of the box is not completely round. See photos.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Los Angeles-based Gary Baseman explores the “beauty of the bittersweetness of life” through painting, performance, film, and fashion. Recent projects include a collaboration with COACH; a documentary “Mythical Creatures” about his family heritage; and a traveling retrospective that featured hundreds of his paintings, photographs, videos, and toy and costume designs.

Baseman’s multifaceted career includes illustration for clients including the New York Times, Rolling Stone, the Wall Street Journal and the bestselling board game Cranium; as well as animation for which he created the Emmy and BAFTA award-winning ABC/Disney series “Teacher’s Pet.” He is a frequent speaker at international conferences on graphic, multidisciplinary arts, and visual communications.

ABOUT THE PIECE:
Your favorite tiny army man in jumbo size. Also included are interchangeable empty hand and hand with a grenade. This colorway, “Black,” was produced in a limited edition of 50.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Frank Kozik moved to Austin, Texas as a teenager. His avid enthusiasm for the underground bands of that city led him to create rock posters and album covers. He produced over 3500 designs for the ‘music scene’ in the ’80s and ’90s. Kozik also founded the recording label Man’s Ruin Record in 1995, which had almost 200 releases during its 5-year run. Born in Madrid in 1962, today he lives and works in San Francisco, CA. “Up until now, it seems ‘underground art and design’ has been like a 2-d or acoustical thing. Now it’s 3-d. That’s amazing. The fact that EVERYONE I show the toys to, from all these scattered ‘scenes,’ likes them seems important. It’s a unifying form. I like that.” – Frank Kozik

ABOUT THE PIECE:
Kozik has molded a bust of the Vietnamese leader with a removable paddy hat and machine gun. This colorway, “Bronze,” was produced in a limited edition of 50.

CONDITION REPORT:
This piece was produced with some dripping and scuffed paint on the shoulder. It’s covered by the gun strap in the photos.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Frank Kozik moved to Austin, Texas as a teenager. His avid enthusiasm for the underground bands of that city led him to create rock posters and album covers. He produced over 3500 designs for the ‘music scene’ in the ’80s and ’90s. Kozik also founded the recording label Man’s Ruin Record in 1995, which had almost 200 releases during its 5-year run. Born in Madrid in 1962, today he lives and works in San Francisco, CA. “Up until now, it seems ‘underground art and design’ has been like a 2-d or acoustical thing. Now it’s 3-d. That’s amazing. The fact that EVERYONE I show the toys to, from all these scattered ‘scenes,’ likes them seems important. It’s a unifying form. I like that.” – Frank Kozik

Ron English’s iconic MC Supersized character has been transformed into a 3 3/4 inch vintage style action figure by sculptor George Gaspar. Card back design by Ron English. Now MC Supersized can have epic battles with the other figures in your collection. This special variant glows in the dark. Tiny edition of only 50.

Ron English has bombed the global landscape with unforgettable images, on the street, in museums, in movies, books, and television. English coined the term POPaganda to describe his signature mash-up of high and low cultural touchstones, from superhero mythology to totems of art history, populated with his vast and constantly growing arsenal of original characters, including MC Supersized, the obese fast-food mascot featured in the hit movie “Supersize Me,” and Abraham Obama, the fusion of America’s 16th and 44th Presidents, an image widely discussed in the media as directly impacting the 2008 election. Other characters carousing through English’s art, in paintings, billboards, and sculpture include three-eyed rabbits, udderly delicious cowgirls, and grinning skulls, blending stunning visuals with the bitingly humorous undertones of America’s Premier Pop Iconoclast.

Apparently, you can’t keep a good van down… Big Mike rides again! The Bison van stretches 9 inches across and features a textured body as well as a flocked head. The sides and back of the van feature artwork and designs from Jeremy and the driver’s side window has his popular silly pink bunny character popping out to say hello.
Limited to 200 pieces worldwide. Vinyl. Window Box Design.

Jeremy Fish has a degree in painting with a focus in screenprinting. His education and work experience lead to a career as a fine artist and a commercial illustrator. Jeremy exhibits his work across the US, and internationally in galleries and museums while designing skateboards, t-shirts, vinyl toys, album covers, periodical illustrations, murals, and sneakers. The artwork is mainly about storytelling and communication, told through a library of characters and symbols. With an emphasis on finding a balance with the imagery somewhere between all things cute and creepy. Jeremy is based in North Beach aka Little Italy, and has lived in San Francisco for the last 20 years.

Beacon was made from 6 screens and was printed as an edition of 10 signed and numbered prints, exclusively available at NOWhere Limited.

A second “defaced” edition, a 9 color print, is also available in an edition of only 5.

The imagery for this print was initially realized as a 9 foot mural in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. With a few touch-ups, the painting lasted for 3 years before succumbing to the hasty tags of the graffiti writer. Here is what Scott has to say about the genesis of this print project.

“I really like what happened with the mural. The decay started slow, a small namedrop on the shoulder, then the tie took a hit and eventually a headshot of large bubble letters. Since then it’s been one tag covering another and the war has returned this wall to the streets. I was happy for the long run but wanted something permanent to recall the mural and so that’s how the screen print came about.”

Scott has a new studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn that is set up for silkscreen printing and these are the first editions.

“I love the physical process of ‘pulling’ prints. It’s a fantastic feeling watching an idea come to life, one color at a time,” says the artist. “When I go into the studio, it’s always a marathon session. I emerge with a broad smile and freshly inked smudges on my clothing. In the near term, I’ll be producing my own work, but eventually, I’d like to collaborate with other artists to bring their visions to a wider audience.”

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Scott Lickstein is an artist, curator, and filmmaker who lives and works in New York City. He was an early art influencer on the internet and is responsible for the co-creation of one of the very first online galleries. Over the past two decades, he has curated more than one hundred art exhibitions serving both digital and physical spaces. During that time he has also published more than five hundred articles on the subject of contemporary art. He now exhibits his artwork regularly at a variety of venues in New York City.

Beacon was made from 6 screens and was printed as an edition of 10 signed and numbered prints, exclusively available at NOWhere Limited.

A second “defaced” edition, a 9 color print, is also available in an edition of only 5.

The imagery for this print was initially realized as a 9 foot mural in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. With a few touch-ups, the painting lasted for 3 years before succumbing to the hasty tags of the graffiti writer. Here is what Scott has to say about the genesis of this print project.

“I really like what happened with the mural. The decay started slow, a small namedrop on the shoulder, then the tie took a hit and eventually a headshot of large bubble letters. Since then it’s been one tag covering another and the war has returned this wall to the streets. I was happy for the long run but wanted something permanent to recall the mural and so that’s how the screen print came about.”

Scott has a new studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn that is set up for silkscreen printing and these are the first editions.

“I love the physical process of ‘pulling’ prints. It’s a fantastic feeling watching an idea come to life, one color at a time,” says the artist. “When I go into the studio, it’s always a marathon session. I emerge with a broad smile and freshly inked smudges on my clothing. In the near term, I’ll be producing my own work, but eventually, I’d like to collaborate with other artists to bring their visions to a wider audience.”

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Scott Lickstein is an artist, curator, and filmmaker who lives and works in New York City. He was an early art influencer on the internet and is responsible for the co-creation of one of the very first online galleries. Over the past two decades, he has curated more than one hundred art exhibitions serving both digital and physical spaces. During that time he has also published more than five hundred articles on the subject of contemporary art. He now exhibits his artwork regularly at a variety of venues in New York City.

The new, special edition, black “Pollinator” Vannen Artist Watch is limited to less than 300 pieces total. Each watch features silkscreened artwork on the dial and Blondie etchings on the back casing and crown. Each watch also comes packaged in a custom, full-color “Pollinator” sleeve.

The new, special edition, black “Pollinator” Vannen Artist Watch is limited to less than 300 pieces total. Each watch features silkscreened artwork on the dial and Blondie etchings on the back casing and crown. Each watch also comes packaged in a custom, full-color “Pollinator” sleeve.

Apparently, you can’t keep a good van down… Big Mike rides again! The Bison van stretches 9 inches across and features a textured body as well as a flocked head. The sides and back of the van feature artwork and designs from Jeremy and the driver’s side window has his popular silly pink bunny character popping out to say hello.
Limited to 300 pieces worldwide. Vinyl. Window Box Design.

Jeremy Fish has a degree in painting with a focus in screenprinting. His education and work experience lead to a career as a fine artist and a commercial illustrator. Jeremy exhibits his work across the US, and internationally in galleries and museums while designing skateboards, t-shirts, vinyl toys, album covers, periodical illustrations, murals, and sneakers. The artwork is mainly about storytelling and communication, told through a library of characters and symbols. With an emphasis on finding a balance with the imagery somewhere between all things cute and creepy. Jeremy is based in North Beach aka Little Italy and has lived in San Francisco for the last 20 years.

Jeremy Fish has a degree in painting with a focus in screenprinting. His education and work experience lead to a career as a fine artist and a commercial illustrator. Jeremy exhibits his work across the US, and internationally in galleries and museums while designing skateboards, t-shirts, vinyl toys, album covers, periodical illustrations, murals, and sneakers. The artwork is mainly about storytelling and communication, told through a library of characters and symbols. With an emphasis on finding a balance with the imagery somewhere between all things cute and creepy. Jeremy is based in North Beach aka Little Italy and has lived in San Francisco for the last 20 years.

This installment in the Drawing Restraint series offers a clear PVC cover designed by the artist, Matthew Barney, printed in special ink. It includes 120 color images from Barney’s film work, as well as the studies that went into them. Three enlightening texts round out this compact publication: Luc Steels is a scientist specializing in artificial intelligence; Shin’Ichi Nakazawa is a theologist and folklorist; and Itsuko Hasegawa weighs in with a curatorial perspective.

The concept for the collector sprang from imagining what animals from the zoo or animals migrating to different locations might or could do to an urban environment. I was looking at a lot of rhino images and kept daydreaming about what I could stick on the horn. I had a vision of a rhino walking around the street scooping up street signs, adding them to its collection. There is also a tongue in cheek joke implied about the world of art collecting.

CONDITION REPORT: Please note that this piece was sent to us minus the white bunny tail that had broken off before delivery and was not included. Also the box for this piece was recieved with a pushed in corner. Sold as-is. See photos.

Jeremy Fish has a degree in painting with a focus in screenprinting. His education and work experience lead to a career as a fine artist and a commercial illustrator. Jeremy exhibits his work across the US, and internationally in galleries and museums while designing skateboards, t-shirts, vinyl toys, album covers, periodical illustrations, murals, and sneakers. The artwork is mainly about storytelling and communication, told through a library of characters and symbols. With an emphasis on finding a balance with the imagery somewhere between all things cute and creepy. Jeremy is based in North Beach aka Little Italy and has lived in San Francisco for the last 20 years.

The brooch features a mineral crystal dome and a solid metal back custom stamped with Mark’s logo and a safety pin style attachment. The brooch comes in a black velvet pouch and box with a certificate of authenticity.

The “Lover’s Eye” brooch features a mineral crystal dome and a solid metal back custom stamped with Mark’s logo and a safety pin style attachment. The brooch comes in a black, foil stamped box with a certificate of authenticity.

The Snow Yak Show Special Edition Book, Mark Ryden, 11-1/8 x 14-3/4 inches, signed and numbered, edition of 250.
TITLE: The Snow Yak Show Special Edition Book
ARTIST: Mark Ryden
SIZE: 11-1/8 x 14-3/4 inches
EDITION: 250 signed and numbered

The special edition of the Snow Yak Show book features pieces from Mark Ryden’s 2009 solo exhibition at the Tomio Koyama Gallery in Tokyo, Japan.

Each signed and numbered special edition book comes in a handmade, two-piece box covered in fine book cloth. The edition also comes with a bookmark and a special 14-1/2″ x 11″ signed and numbered digital pigment ink print.

The Tree Show Special Edition Book, Mark Ryden, 12 x 9 inches, signed and numbered, edition of 500.
TITLE: The Tree Show Special Edition Book
ARTIST: Mark Ryden
SIZE: 12 x 9 inches
EDITION: 500 signed and numbered

This Special Edition of the Tree Show Exhibition Book features works from Mark Ryden’s major solo exhibition at the Michael Kohn Gallery in Los Angeles. The hard-bound book includes over 130 color images of paintings, drawings, studies and sculptural works as well as a wealth of Mark’s inspirational reference materials. Each signed and numbered Special Edition book comes in a handmade clamshell box covered in a fine Japanese silk. The edition also comes with a collection of “Vintage Souvenirs” including a miniature postcard set, commemorative pin, pennant, bookmark, and pencil.

Craola’s I’m Scared Stair Monsta Midnight edition is from the “I’m Scared” stop animation short film. This is the Black on Black “Midnight” edition that stands over 10 inches tall. Vinyl, in a window box.

This custom glazed porcelain plate features 53 icons created by Mark Ryden, and comes in a black presentation box with an embedded certificate of authenticity in the lid. The plates are food, dishwasher and microwave safe.

Deer in the Headlights: a Romantic American Tragedy in a Pickup Truck. This scene captures lovers in one last kiss before death, the road kill death of a big buck, the shimmering shatter of windshield, the American idyll of the country road snaking a sublime Wild West landscape, and the release of a swarm of spirits into the infinite starry cosmos. I prepped templates for this print by painting on layers of clear mylar, keeping every color isolated for translation into silk screen. This method is akin to my reverse painting process, so the methodology flowed organically from my studio to the Kayrock studio. This 27 color silk screen print is nothing short of a feat of wizardry, masterfully executed by the printmakers at Kayrock out of Greenpoint, Brooklyn. – Aaron Johnson

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Aaron Johnson lives and works in Brooklyn, and holds an MFA from Hunter College, NYC, 2005. His work has been included in museum exhibitions at The Museum of Modern Art, Mass MoCA, The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, The Knoxville Museum of Contemporary Art, and The Katzen Center at American University. His work has been exhibited at galleries internationally, including Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen; Stux Gallery, NY; Joshua Liner Gallery, NY; Marlborough Gallery, NY; and Gallery Brandstrup, Oslo. He is the recipient of awards including the MacDowell Colony Fellowship, the Yaddo residency, the Marie Walsh Sharpe Space Program residency, and the CCA Andtrax residency in Mallorca, Spain.

Measuring 9.05″ (230mm) tall, 6.75″ (171mm) wide, and 5″ (127mm) long, this resin sculpture designed by Ron English is now available in the limited red colorway, of which only 300 pieces were released worldwide.

From popular San Francisco based artist Jeremy Fish we are so excited to present the lastest vehicle in his series of vinyl figures; it’s big, bold and beautiful… it’s the Bison Van.

This is the tan burger edition where you can see the pieces of meat and cheese right in the middle of the van. Also on the vehicle is artwork focused around the burger theme. The van is nearly 9 inches in length. The bison head is flocked and through the windows you see Fish’s Silly Bunnies joining you for the ride.

Jeremy Fish has a degree in painting with a focus in screenprinting. His education and work experience lead to a career as a fine artist and a commercial illustrator. Jeremy exhibits his work across the US, and internationally in galleries and museums while designing skateboards, t-shirts, vinyl toys, album covers, periodical illustrations, murals, and sneakers. The artwork is mainly about storytelling and communication, told through a library of characters and symbols. With an emphasis on finding a balance with the imagery somewhere between all things cute and creepy. Jeremy is based in North Beach aka Little Italy and has lived in San Francisco for the last 20 years.

NOWhere Limited is pleased to announce the exclusive release of a new, signed and numbered archival pigment print edition by Tom Sanford: Lil Wayne

ABOUT THE PRINT:
This high resolution archival pigment print measures approximately 22 x 17 inches. The signed and numbered edition of 10 is printed on acid free paper and is priced at $100 USD per copy, plus shipping. A printer’s proof edition is also available: here It is limited to just 10 copies and is priced at $250 USD.

ABOUT THE IMAGE:
About this piece, Tom says:

I made this painting of Lil Wayne back in 2009, the same year Adam Bhala Lough released his documentary “The Carter.” Now, seven years later, my painting is being used as the cover art for the internet re-release of the film and so we thought this would be a wonderful reason to issue a print of the painting.

The painting is one that I find particularly successful in a technical sense. Inspired by Otto Dix’s 1913 self portrait of the young artist smoking, I hoped to engender a similar expressionistic pathos by juxtaposing a finely painted portrait of Dwayne Carter with a much more expressionistic style in painting the pot smoke coming out of his mouth, gooey and thick with oily medium.

When Bhala approached me about using this image for the re-release of “The Carter” I was incredibly flattered. His film is a powerful documentation of Lil Wayne’s surrealist-like artistic process and his alienation as he descends into a drug induced isolation. Adam’s documentary perfectly captured my ambivalent feelings about this fascinating artist’s life and work. I love the painting I made, but his documentary is a masterpiece and I am thrilled to have this association with “The Carter.”

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Tom Sanford is a New York-based artist whose work is exhibited around the world. His paintings, which range from historical works depicting celebrity assassinations to portraits of gangsta rappers and teen pop tarts to elaborate cosmologies weaved together from Hollywood movies, reflect a deep ambivalence about the American cultural condition.

Based in New York City, Tara creates images that are both thought provoking and seductive. Her work creating gig posters has seen her art promote the likes of: Melvins, Beck, & Modest Mouse. Tara has also worked with, DC comics, Pepsi, Nike, Kidrobot, and Playstation.

Naomi Version of the Wild Girls Vinyl Figure Set designed by Gary Baseman. Each has a base stand which is optional. The figures also have a “magnetic” attraction when you put their hands together.” Naomi is 6 inches tall and Chou Chou is 3.5 inches tall.

The second of the series (first was Bunny Ride, Go!), Lamb Ride, Go! is based on Brandi’s painting “Carousel Flight; Lamb Face”. The thought behind the painting is the possibility of escaping life’s seriousness and taking a ride in the sky on your favorite carousel ride from your youth. Forever. Brandi hopes the figure can spread some of that nostalgic joy to art fans everywhere.

ABOUT THE PRINT & STICKERS:
This edition, printed with high resolution archival pigments on heavyweight acid-fee 100% cotton paper, measures approximately 5 x 7 inches. Each print is signed and numbered by the artist and is priced at $25 USD per copy, plus shipping. With each print, the collector receives an assorted pack of stickers and a button produced by the artist. A printer’s proof edition is also available. It is limited to just 2 copies and is priced at $35 USD, plus shipping, each. ***UPDATE*** The proofs are SOLD OUT.

ABOUT THE IMAGERY:
This image is part of an ongoing series of fine art parody pieces Meloy has been working on for the past few years, and refers to the famous post-Renaissance painting by Caravaggio. Meloy’s version stars his iconic character The Primate, as described below…

The Primate is New York City’s omnipresent street creature. Originally conjured up in 2012, over the past few years, The Primate has evolved into an autonomous, sentient being, and is always there to greet you in public bathrooms, pizzerias, and sticker spots across the globe. (IG: @theprimatenyc)

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Joseph Meloy is a visual artist born and raised in New York City. Working in a style he coined “Vandal Expressionism”, his particular brand of post-graffiti abstraction draws heavily from AbEx, art brut, surrealism, cave painting and pop art, invoking primal elements of graffiti and the iconography of damage and intrusion from street art to turn the calligraphic scribbles of the street into a medium for artistic divination. Unencumbered by distinctions between the abstract and the figurative, his work delves into the impulses of the subconscious, transcribing them spontaneously onto canvas, paper and wall in an otherworldly yet distinctly urban visual language.

NOWhere Limited is pleased to announce the exclusive release of a new, signed and numbered archival pigment print edition by Aaron Johnson: Ship of Fools

ABOUT THE PRINT:
Originally realized as a painting in acrylic on polymer knit mesh, Ship of Fools is now available as a limited edition print. This high resolution archival pigment print measures approximately 17 x 20.25 inches. The artist’s signed and numbered edition of 10 is printed on acid free paper and is priced at $150 USD per copy, plus shipping. A printer’s proof edition is also available. It is limited to just 2 copies and is priced at $350 USD. (UPDATE: The printer’s proofs are SOLD OUT).

Aaron talks about this piece:The Ship of Fools is a classical allegory, and a theme that can be found in works by Heironymus Bosch, Dürer, and countless others. The allegory depicts a vessel taken over by force by those who are deranged, frivolous, or oblivious, and seemingly ignorant of their course. This print edition derives from one of my personal favorite paintings I’ve made in the past several years. The Ship of Fools theme resonated with me in relationship to the chaotic, confusing, and tumultuous times in which we are living. The contemporary human condition can seem like we are lost at sea, an overcrowded boat full of drooling fiends and hideous monsters, sailing towards our self-inflected doom. On the same token though, it’s a hell of a ride, full of joy, beauty, and laughter. – Aaron Johnson

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Aaron Johnson is a painter based in Brooklyn, NY. His reverse-painted acrylic-polymer-peel paintings inhabit the realms between the erotic-catastrophic/ecstatic-psychotic/comic-tragic, fusing diverse painting vocabularies into his own distinctive breed of Americana-grotesque, all rendered obsessively with tender brutality. Roberta Smith in The New York Times describes his works as visceral, beautiful and flamboyantly timely, which is saying a lot. Johnson received his MFA from Hunter College, NY in 2005. His work has been exhibited internationally at such venues as Stux Gallery, New York; Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, NY; Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen; Gallery Brandstrup, Oslo; The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut; and Kunsthalle Exnergrasse (Vienna). Johnson’s exhibitions have been reviewed in many publications including Modern Painters, Art News, Beautiful Decay, Kunst International, The Village Voice, and The New York Times. In 2007 he was awarded a Space Program grant from The Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, and is MacDowell Colony Fellow for 2012. His work is in the permanent collections of The Weisman Foundation and The Museum of Modern Art.

ABOUT THE PRINT:
This high resolution archival pigment print measures approximately 17 x 22 inches. The artist’s signed and numbered edition of 10 is printed on acid free paper and is priced at $60 USD per copy, plus shipping.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Joseph Meloy is a visual artist born and raised in New York City. Working in a style he coined “Vandal Expressionism”, his particular brand of post-graffiti abstraction draws heavily from AbEx, art brut, surrealism, cave painting and pop art, invoking primal elements of graffiti and the iconography of damage and intrusion from street art to turn the calligraphic scribbles of the street into a medium for artistic divination. Unencumbered by distinctions between the abstract and the figurative, his work delves into the impulses of the subconscious, transcribing them spontaneously onto canvas, paper and wall in an otherworldly yet distinctly urban visual language.

Tricky the Obese Bunny joins his brethren as the seventh apostle in Ron English’s Cereal Killer series. Collect them all to assemble the Last Fat Breakfast! Trick the kids with this excellent source of childhood diabetes. Like all Cereal Killer Popaganda products, this 8″ vinyl figure is 100% nutrition free!

NOWhere Limited is pleased to announce the exclusive release of a new, signed and numbered archival pigment print edition by Tom Sanford: American Garbage

ABOUT THE PRINT:
This high resolution archival pigment print measures approximately 20 x 17 inches. The artist’s signed and numbered edition of 15 is printed on acid free paper and is priced at $100 USD per copy, plus shipping.

ABOUT THE IMAGE:
About this piece, Tom says:

Modified Master Paintings (The Rape of the Masters)

These paintings are the first in a new body of my work for which I have commissioned Chinese commercial painters to make reproductions of canonical works of western painting. I then have them shipped to my New York studio and alter them by painting over some, or almost all of, the original image.

The project was inspired by a visit to an exhibition of the work of Asger Jorn while visiting Copenhagen, Denmark in 2014. I was particularly interested in Jorn’s “Institute for Comparative Vandalisme” in which he modified or disfigured department store paintings as well as 19th century salon paintings. It occurred to me that the availability of high quality but affordable reproductions of paintings from the Chinese commercial painters provided an opportunity to “modify” and attempt to “improve” any painting that one could find an image of on the internet. Certainly in the case of Jorn’s paintings, the “modifications” were much more exciting, and to my eye much better, than the original paintings that he had started with. But the paintings Jorn started with weren’t all that good. It would be a greater challenge, and of more interest to me, to try to “modify” and perhaps “improve” some of the greatest paintings of the western canon. I selected a seven of my personal favorites and commissioned the Chinese commercial painters to reproduce them at 1:1 scale to the originals.

I think my interests and intentions might not have been the same as Jorn’s and the Situationists artists as his modifications seem intended to use painting language to point out that avant-guard provocation is a convention, and even a joke. At this point the avant-guard is quite clearly an antiquated notion, having been ridiculed for decades in popular culture, and not really my concern at all. I thought of the project as less intellectual and more emotional. What would it feel like to work into a great painting? To deface (and probably ruin) a work that one has the greatest respect for? What would happen when my starting point was a complete and probably perfect painting?

I found that it difficult to start these paintings. Usually when I start a painting I have a clear idea of where want to end that painting. This was not the case here. With these paintings the first move was to mess up the painting, then react to that and mess it up some more with more mistakes, and continue on that trajectory until hopefully the painting would become a new and different thing, not just a vandalized version of the original. At the same time as wishing the painting to be a new painting, I wanted to leave just enough of the old painting so that the viewer could recognize the original starting point of the image.

I am somewhat embarrassed to admit that the problem of reworking these master works caused me real anxiety, or compounded my usual anxieties about money and family and other real life concerns. I found myself sleeping less, drinking more and just being a little more grumpy than I usually am. I came to the conclusion that it was foolish to aspire to improve on these works, but I could hope to modernize them, rework them with a chaotic aesthetic that seemed more contemporary. I did not try to have a seamless integration of my modifications (as I sometimes try to do in my Mao paintings). Instead I varied my style and painting approach to make it apparent that something here was old and something was new, but perhaps it is not immediately obvious exactly what I painted and what remains. In the end the paintings are aggressive and chaotic in places but also have moments of care and consideration. I believe that these paintings reflect my anxiety and ambivalence about modifying and/or vandalizing the Masters. I am still digesting these works and what I have accomplished here…

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Tom Sanford is a New York-based artist whose work is exhibited around the world. His paintings, which range from historical works depicting celebrity assassinations to portraits of gangsta rappers and teen pop tarts to elaborate cosmologies weaved together from Hollywood movies, reflect a deep ambivalence about the American cultural condition.

From artist Gary Baseman we present his Wild Girls vinyl figure set. Beverly Edition with “Blue” color paint scheme. Beverly comes with her own Chou Chou. Each has a flower base stand which is optional to use when standing the figures. The figures also have a “magnetic” attraction when you put their hands together.

Temper Tot glow in the dark. The terrible two designer toy can now keep you awake at night. Limited edition of 400. Great as a DIY too.

The Temper Tot is one of Ron’s most recognizable characters having been based on his “The Incredulous HulkBoy” piece for the “Status Factory” Show. Standing 8-inches tall the glow-in-the-dark colorway of this vinyl figure is positively Glowing with anger! The only thing worse than a toddler with a tantrum is a very STRONG one!

This piece is based on the classic painting by Luke Chueh. It comes with removable brush and bucket and packaged in a box featuring Luke’s revisit of his original illustration. For a seamless look, the walls are designed to interlock with each other to create one long continuous shooting range.

In the realm of the darkest dimension of magic and power of the earth’s soil dwells The Forest Warlord.
Since the dawn of prehistoric times a select few of the Bigfoot race were chosen by Mother Nature to become Forest Warlords, The ultimate guardians of the forest!
Meditating for 20 million years in a secret forest fortress, a Warlord waits to emerge until humans encroach in the Warlord’s sacred redwood territory.
The Forest Warlords use nature magic from which they were born to teleport, time travel, control vegetation, communicate telepathically with plants and animals, and unleash thunder and lightning of fury against perpetrators. The Forest Warlord is the master of misanthropy and is here to right all wrongs against Mother Nature. All construction companies, bulldozers, loggers, and their CEO’s and puppets shall feel the wrath of The Forest Warlord.
The Forest Warlord is ready to protect a forest near you!

In the realm of the darkest dimension of magic and power of the earth’s soil dwells The Forest Warlord.
Since the dawn of prehistoric times a select few of the Bigfoot race were chosen by Mother Nature to become Forest Warlords, The ultimate guardians of the forest!
Meditating for 20 million years in a secret forest fortress, a Warlord waits to emerge until humans encroach in the Warlord’s sacred redwood territory.
The Forest Warlords use nature magic from which they were born to teleport, time travel, control vegetation, communicate telepathically with plants and animals, and unleash thunder and lightning of fury against perpetrators. The Forest Warlord is the master of misanthropy and is here to right all wrongs against Mother Nature. All construction companies, bulldozers, loggers, and their CEO’s and puppets shall feel the wrath of The Forest Warlord.
The Forest Warlord is ready to protect a forest near you!

After many years of development, MAD’s Modern Hero character is finally available as an original sculpt. Having been a longtime staple in MAD’s collection of characters, the modern hero has appeared on many platform designs, custom figures, prints, and more!

The figure stands 6″ high (with the hat on) and is loaded with articulation. Figure comes with a variety of accessories (magnetic top hat, 2 sets of hands, a switchblade, and poseable “Mouth”) and is all packaged in a deluxe box with foam insert keeping it all safe.